The news was broke loose by a blogger and passed on to various forums, including the popular LYN which prompted the hectic ‘hunt’ for her where-about via the photos she posted on her online diary.

While most of the forum comments were made for the lulz; some of the folks seemed to take the manhunt a bit too seriously… regardless, the search ended hours later when it was found out that Hirano was already back to Japan when the search party was started… lol, an epic fail which provides the final bit of 2008 entertainment for Malaysian netizens.

On side note, that’s a really cute picture of Aya Hirano in a traditional Malay costume. Forget about bikinis… do more traditional stuff instead :)

The epic Malaysian hunt for Aya Hirano from YeinJee's Asian Journal

I was expecting more exotic cars, but most of the engines were common models that could be found in normal show rooms… so it’s a bit disappointing in that sense; or perhaps I was asking too much instead.

Another main attraction for KLIMS was the showgirls; lots of the guys were obviously going for the models instead of the automobiles… and I guess most of them would be pretty happy with the visit.

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Kuala Lumpur International Motorshow 2006 from YeinJee's Asian Journal